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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§10267 Support Services

Title 42 › CHAPTER 108 — NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY › SUBCHAPTER V — NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD › § 10267

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal agencies must help the Board when the Chairman asks, as the law allows and money is available. The General Services Administration will give administrative services, facilities, and support if the Board pays for them. The Comptroller General, Librarian of Congress, and Director of the Office of Technology Assessment will provide staff, funds, research, and tech help. The Board can also request needed information from any department or agency head. The Board may use U.S. mail like other agencies. The Chairman can hire temporary experts under section 3109(b) of title 5, paid no more than the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay for GS‑18 on the General Schedule.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §10267

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(a)General services
To the extent permitted by law and requested by the Chairman, the Administrator of General Services shall provide the Board with necessary administrative services, facilities, and support on a reimbursable basis.
(b)Accounting, research, and technology assessment services
The Comptroller General, the Librarian of Congress, and the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of funds, provide the Board with such facilities, support, funds and services, including staff, as may be necessary for the effective performance of the functions of the Board.
(c)Additional support
Upon the request of the Chairman, the Board may secure directly from the head of any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this subchapter.
(d)Mails
The Board may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States.
(e)Experts and consultants
Subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board, the Chairman may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable for GS–18 of the General Schedule.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay RatesReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 10267

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110